§ Lieut.-Colonel ARCHER-SHEEasked the Postmaster-General whether the Imperial Communications Board has had under its consideration the question of laying a new cable from St. Lucia, in the West Indies, to Bathurst, Sierra Leone;. what is the estimated distance between these points; and what is the estimated cost of laying such a cable at present prices?
§ Mr. PEASEThe Imperial Communications Committee have not considered the question of laying a cable between St. Lucia and Bathurst. The distance between those two places is about 2,600 nautical miles, and it is estimated that the cost of a cable, at present prices, would be about £1,000,000.